It's a busy week for B-I-G venues, starting tonight when Billy Joel performs at a sold out Fenway Park in Boston. We heard some of the new Willie J. Laws album on WATD last week: another good reason to check out Laws' weekly jam at the Next Page Cafe in Weymouth, with this week's guest Bobby Christina. The English beat's timeless ska and rock have sold out Johnny D's in Somerville. Saxman Sadao Watanabe and his band at The RegattaBar in Harvard Square. Blues and r&b when Ed Scheer joins Lisa Marie at Turner's Yard in Pembroke. SuperFly's funk at The Beachcomber in Quincy. The Delta Kings get down at Pete's Grille in Quincy. Marissa Nadler sings at The Sinclair in Cambridge. Walking the Line for country fans at Toby Keith's in Foxboro. Russ Costa's SongAsylum at Home Ice in Quincy. Caitlin Canty tops a list of three folksingers at Club Passim in Cambridge. Mother Falcon rocks Great Scott in Allston. Alice Smith performs at Brighton Music Hall.

FRIDAY'S BEST

Fenway Park is taken over by Zac Brown Band fans for sold out shows Friday and Saturday. Folk-rocker Ellis Paul kicks off a busy weekend at The Narrows Center in Fall River. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes tear down the Wilbur Theater in Boston. Americana guru Joe Henry brings his own band to Brighton Music Hall. Quincy's Johnny "Blue Horn" Moriconi & the Caretakers raise the roof at The Next Page. Midnight Ramblers rock The Beachcomber. Logic has a sold out show at the Paradise in Boston. Air Traffic Controller rocks The Sinclair. Milk & Bones woof at Home Ice. The C-Note in Hull hosts a hip-hop show topped by Free Souls and two more groups. Lookie Lookie--a sextet devoted to 'Latin bugalu'--gets down at The RegattaBar. SuperFly makes their Pete's Grille debut. Thinkin' Big--a big band of Berklee musicians--takes over Johnny D's. Third generation folk royalty Sarah Lee Guthrie (Arlo's daughter) and her husband Johnny Lee Irion, always worth a trip to Club Passim. Pistol Shot Gypsy rocks The Middle East in Cambridge. Four in a Row grooves at Chilihead BBQ in West Bridgewater. One Mo' Time, a septet playing classic funk and soul-- at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge. Smooth jazz icons Fourplay at Scullers in Boston all weekend. Walter Sickert's Army of Broken Toys rocks T.T. the Bear's in Cambridge. Blues and soul when Sugar Ray Norcia headlines Framingham's Amazing Things Art Center. Soul Box heats up The Ming Dynasty in Marshfield.

SATURDAY'S BEST

Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen touch down at the C-Note. Ellis Paul has two shows at Club Passim, the first at 3:30 p.m. geared to families. The Wild Northern shakes up Johnny D's. Fennario jams at South Shore Music Hall in Quincy. Undah Covah rocks The Beachcomber. The New York City roots music troupe known as Spirit Family Reunion arrives at the Narrows Center. The Eric Grant Band for country fans at Toby Keith's. Mad Bwoy at Brighton Music Hall. Arlington's Regent Theatre has a good one: the premiere of "No Regrets," a film about the career of Tom Rush, with the folksinger himself on hand for Q&A afterwards. Suzanne McNeil sings at Jackson Square Tavern in Weymouth. Get the Led Out reprises the best of Zep at The Wilbur Theater. Rhythm and blues dynamo Shor'ty Billups at Chilihead BBQ. Deepwater Blues rock Home Ice. Jazz sounds from the Ethan K. Band at Ryles. The Mike Garvey Band raises heck at Pete's Grille. Diane Blue sings at the Ming Dynasty. The Middle East welcomes Latyrx--a hip-hop super-pairing of Lateef and Lyrics Born. Goldroom plays at The Sinclair. The New Band at The Next Page.

UPCOMING

Sunday has loads of club dates: legendary drummer Ginger Baker and his jazz-fusion at The Wilbur; Say Anything rocks The House of Blues in Boston; Game Face at Brighton Music Hall; Anne Heaton's sweet vocals at Club Passim; Scoop & the Rhythm Hos at Pete's Grille; Joe Purdy at The Sinclair; a road trip option with Drive-By Truckers at the Hampton Beach Casino; Chuck Whelan's Cheesy Pop jam at Paddy Barry's in Quincy; and, having survived his honeymoon, Brian Mahoney is back and singing at The Irish Pub in Quincy. Monday the inimitable Lady Gaga takes over TD Garden in Boston. Tuesday has some head-spinning choices: Beyonce and that guy she married, Jay something, at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro; Phish jams at Xfinity Center in Mansfield; rocker Pat benatar and hubby Neal Giraldo at Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston. There's not letup on Wednesday, when pop sensation Bruno Mars invades TD Garden; while Counting Crows, with Toad the Wet Sprocket, rock Blue Hills Bank Pavilion. Country hunk Ryan Brooks Kelly at Toby Keith's on July 3. The South Shore Music Circus opens on July 5 with the superlative double-bill of John Hiatt and Robert Cray. Delbert McClinton's re-scheduled show at The Narrows Center is also July 5. Some real treats from the rock way-back machine during Scituate Heritage Days, with the August 3 lineup including Leon Russell, and ex-Allman Brother Dickey Betts in separate sets.